TOILET FLANGE

Abstract

An illustrated side view of an exemplary toilet flange for safely and securely ushering flushed toilet water to a sewer piping is presented. The toilet flange is useful for preventing any rot or deterioration of any sub floor around the toilet. The toilet flange has a sub-floor, a plurality of floor joists, a toilet floor flange, a membrane, two flange bolts and a floor drain. Prior to placing a commode or toilet onto the floor drain, the toilet flange must be installed to prevent rotting, damage to the sub-floor and to prevent odor and leakage from escaping the floor drain.

Claims

1. A toilet flange for preventing rot and damage to sub-flooring, the flange comprising: a drain pipe, the drain pipe for coupling to a sewer; a toilet floor flange, the toilet floor flange coupled to the drain pipe; Two flange bolts, the flange bolts for coupling to a toilet; and a membrane, the membrane being between the floor flange and the sub-floor, and wherein the membrane for protecting the sub-flooring from water damage and rot.

2. The flange of claim 1, wherein the membrane being rubber.

3. The flange of claim 1, wherein the flange further comprising: a connecting pipe, the connecting pipe for extending the drain pipe to the toilet, the connecting pipe being securely coupled to the drain pipe.

4. The flange of claim 3, wherein the connecting pipe having a diameter of three (3) inches.

5. The flange of claim 3, wherein the connecting pipe being coupled to the drain pipe by liquid PVC cement.

6. The flange of claim 3, wherein the connecting pipe being made of a poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) material.

7. The flange of claim 1, wherein the drain pipe having a diameter being three (3) inches.

8. The flange of claim 1, wherein the drain pipe being made of a poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) material.

9. The flange of claim 1, wherein the sub-floor being coupled to a plurality of floor joists.

10. The flange of claim 1, wherein the sub-floor being made of a plywood material.

11. The flange of claim 1, wherein the sub-floor being three-fourths () inches in depth.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1 is an illustrated side view of an exemplary toilet flange.

[0011] FIG. 2 is an illustrated top view of the exemplary toilet flange shown in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0012] The phrases in one embodiment, in various embodiments, in some embodiments, and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms comprising, having, and including are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.

[0013] Above, adhesive, affixing, any, around, both, bottom, by, comprising, consistent, customized, enclosing, friction, in, labeled, lower, magnetic, marked, new, nominal, not, of, other, outside, outwardly, particular, permanently, preventing, raised, respectively, reversibly, round, square, substantial, supporting, surrounded, surrounding, threaded, to, top, using, wherein, with, or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.

[0014] Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0015] Referring to FIG. 1, an illustrated side view of an exemplary toilet flange 100 for safely and securely ushering flushed toilet water to a sewer piping. The toilet flange 100 is useful for preventing any rot or deterioration of any sub floor around the toilet.

[0016] The toilet flange 100 has a sub-floor 101, a plurality of floor joists 102, a toilet floor flange 103, a membrane 104, two flange bolts 105 and a floor drain 106. Prior to placing a commode or toilet onto the floor drain 106, the toilet flange 100 must be installed to prevent rotting, damage to the sub-floor 101 by water and to prevent odor and leakage of water from escaping the floor drain 106.

[0017] The plurality of floor joists 102 are useful in supporting the sub-floor 101 and the toilet. The sub-floor 101 is securely coupled to the plurality of floor joists 102. The coupling of the sub-floor 101 to the plurality of floor joists is preferably with screws, but other coupling devices are further contemplated such as, but not limited to, nails, glue, combination of any of the coupling devices, etc.

[0018] The sub-floor 101 is preferably three quarter () inch in depth, but other depths are further contemplated including, but not limited to, seven-eighths () inches, etc. The sub-floor 101 is preferably made of plywood material, but other materials are further contemplated including, but not limited to, OSB, concrete, etc.

[0019] A hole 107 is cut into the sub-floor 101 to create access to the floor drain 106. The floor drain 106 is preferably made of a acrylonitrile butadiene styrene material, however other materials are further contemplated including, but not limited to, poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), low-density poly-ethylene (LDPE), high-density poly-ethylene (HDPE), plastic, etc. The floor drain 106 is preferably three (3) inches in diameter, but other diameters are further contemplated including, but not limited to, three and one-half (3.5) inches, four (4) inches, etc.

[0020] A connecting pipe 108 is coupled to the floor drain 106 to easily connect the toilet to the floor drain 106 without changing the height of the floor or manipulating the floor drain 106. The connecting pipe 108 is preferably made of poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), but other materials are further contemplated including, but not limited to, low-density poly-ethylene (LDPE), high-density poly-ethylene (HDPE), plastic, etc. The connecting pipe 108 is coupled to the floor drain 106 preferably using liquid PVC cement, but other coupling compounds may be used or no coupling compounds.

[0021] The membrane 104 is coupled to the sub-floor 101 at the hole 107. The membrane 104 is preferably a rubber material, but other materials that can prevent overflow of water may be used as desired. The membrane 104 is coupled to a top 109 of the sub-floor 101 and the hole 107.

[0022] The two flange bolts 105 are configured to extend through the toilet floor flange 103. The two flange bolts 105 are coupled to a bottom of the toilet by bolts. Thus, the toilet is tightly coupled to the toilet floor flange 103. The toilet floor flange 103 is coupled to the hole 107 over the membrane 104. The toilet floor flange 103 is then coupled to the bottom of the toilet when the water is expelled when flushed.

[0023] Moving now to FIG. 2, an illustrated top view of the exemplary toilet flange shown in FIG. 1 is presented.

[0024] The floor drain 106 is coupled to the toilet floor flange 103. The membrane 104 is configured between the toilet floor flange 103 and the floor drain 106 on the sub-floor 101.

[0025] The toilet is placed on the toilet floor flange 103 where the two flange bolts 105 extend through the toilet template 201. The toilet template 201 is generally the bottom of the toilet, where nuts are screwed onto the two flange bolts 105 to secure the toilet in place.

[0026] In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a component or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with a or an, e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called dependent clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of independent clauses to which they refer or other features described above.

[0027] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.

[0028] The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0029] Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.